---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-102980"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EXE"
cik: "0000895126"
company_name: "EXPAND ENERGY Corp"
filed_at: "2024-09-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T01:43:27.868669+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chesapeake-Southwestern merger clears HSR waiting period; close expected early Oct

## Summary
- HSR Act waiting period expired for pending combination of Chesapeake (CHK) and Southwestern (SWN).
- Merger expected to close in first week of October 2024.
- Combined company to be renamed Expand Energy and trade on NASDAQ under ticker 'EXE'.
- Post-merger, Expand Energy will be the largest natural gas producer in the U.S.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-102980
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EXE
- cik: 0000895126
- company_name: EXPAND ENERGY Corp
- filed_at: 2024-09-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895126/000110465924102980/0001104659-24-102980-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895126/000110465924102980/tm2425001d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-102980.txt

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